Gemma Arterton Archives

New ‘King’s Man’ Red-Band Trailer: While Governments Take Orders, This Spy Agency Takes Action

August 26, 2021 9:14 am

Matthew Vaughn loved the Bond series, but when he couldn't finagle his way into making one of those films, he decided to start his own "Kingsmen" franchise. Low and behold it worked and the third film in the s...

‘Black Narcissus’: FX’s Series Adaptation Relies On Moody Disorientation But Doesn’t Go Far Enough [Review]

Roxana Hadadi

November 17, 2020 1:15 pm

Features, News, Reviews, Television

Even at what seems like the end of the world, it is impossible to escape the toxicity of the patriarchy. In FX’s “Black Narcissus,” an adaptation of Rumer Godden’s same-named bestselling 1939 novel (adapted as...

‘Black Narcissus’ Trailer: Gemma Arterton Stars In FX’s Remake Of The Classic Film Arriving In November

Charles Barfield

October 27, 2020 2:26 pm

News, Television, Trailers

When the film “Black Narcissus” arrived in cinemas in 1947, the feature shocked audiences with its technical wizardry and its, uh, adult themes involving nuns. The film would go on to win two Oscars and has st...

‘Black Narcissus’: The Devil Comes In Many Disguises For FX’s New Young Nuns Convent Series Starring Gemma Arterton

Edward Davis

September 21, 2020 10:43 am

News, Television, Trailers

Remember “Black Narcissus,” the 1947 British psychological drama film written, produced, and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and starring Deborah Kerr? Well, you may have forgotten, but FX a...

Gemma Arterton Shines In Subversive Tearjerker ‘Summerland’ [Review]

Lena Wilson

July 30, 2020 11:45 am

Reviews

There is a scene early on in “Summerland,” a romantic WWII drama by Jessica Swale, that calls to mind the pilot of “Killing Eve.” In “Killing Eve,” we first meet assassin Villanelle (Jodi Comer) in an ice crea...

‘King’s Man’ Trailer: Matthew Vaughn’s Franchise Rewinds To The Past & Origins Of The Secret Service

Edward Davis

June 21, 2020 12:49 pm

News, Trailers

Some filmmakers find a genre they like and then...well, live in that for a long time. Perhaps not unlike Bryan Singer before him who lived in the "X-Men" franchise for years, Matthew Vaughn (who followed his f...

‘Summerland’ Trailer: Gemma Arterton Opens Her Home And Heart To A Boy Escaping The Horrors Of War

Andrew Hrip

May 26, 2020 12:59 pm

News, Trailers

Over 2,000 years ago, the Roman poet Virgil gave the world three simple words which everyone should aspire to embrace: amor vincit omnia ("love conquers all"). The phrase—in Latin or English—has been used as a...

‘The King’s Man’ Trailer: Ralph Fiennes Recruits A New League Of Gentleman For Matthew Vaughn’s Spy Prequel

Harry Frazer

September 29, 2019 9:16 pm

News, Trailers

They had to of started somewhere, didn’t they? That is the premise of “The King’s Man” as we see just how the covert organization was first formed. Director Matthew Vaughn, who directed and co-wrote both “Kings...

‘Vita & Virginia’ Trailer: Gemma Arterton & Elizabeth Debicki Star As Literary Icons & Lovers

Julia Teti

July 15, 2019 10:30 am

News, Trailers

The lives of writers Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West are made for the screen. Sackville-West was known as an aristocratic poet and author whose work focused primarily on the countryside of Kent, while he...

‘The King’s Man’ Trailer: Matthew Vaughn’s Prequel Takes the Spy Agency Back To The Early 1900s

Harry Frazer

July 15, 2019 9:08 am

News, Trailers

One of the most popular spy series of recent times “Kingsman” is set to return to the big screen, however, it won’t feature fan favorite characters Eggsy (Taron Egerton) and Harry Hart (Colin Firth). READ MO...

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